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enFive local companies get high marks from HRChttp://wvxu.org/post/five-local-companies-get-high-marks-hrc
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">A week after releasing its ranking of cities, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has graded American corporations on how friendly they are to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees.&nbsp; The </span>HRC<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> looked at 26 employers in Ohio and gave a perfect score to half of them, including three in Cincinnati.</span></p><p>Search corporations' rankings at the <a href="http://www.hrc.org/apps/cei/" target="_blank">HRC website</a>.</p>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:29:21 +0000Bill Rinehart33968 at http://wvxu.orgFive local companies get high marks from HRCCincinnati receives perfect score on equality indexhttp://wvxu.org/post/cincinnati-receives-perfect-score-equality-index
<p>The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has awarded Cincinnati a perfect score on its municipal equality index, which ranks a city based on its record of laws and policies protecting sexual and gender identity. HRC vice president Fred Sainz says Cincinnati is on the “forefront of equality”.</p><p>Sainz says in the city can't rest on its laurels; and should continually rededicate itself to making life better for all citizens.</p>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:42:34 +0000Bill Rinehart33663 at http://wvxu.orgCincinnati receives perfect score on equality indexSame-sex marriage in Indiana could boost economyhttp://wvxu.org/post/same-sex-marriage-indiana-could-boost-economy
<p>In a new <a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Economic-Impact-IN-May-2014.pdf" target="_blank">report</a>, researchers say Indiana, the most recent state studied by the <a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Williams Institute, </a>would see an economic <strong>boost of&nbsp; $39.1 million</strong> to the state and local economies, should same-sex marriage become legal there.</p>Mon, 19 May 2014 10:00:00 +0000Ann Thompson26819 at http://wvxu.orgSame-sex marriage in Indiana could boost economyCatholic teacher contract won't be changedhttp://wvxu.org/post/catholic-teacher-contract-wont-be-changed
<p>There won’t be any changes to the Cincinnati Archdiocese teacher contract that has <a href="http://wvxu.org/post/archdiocese-now-has-petitions-protesting-new-teacher-contract" target="_blank">come under fire in recent weeks from groups who say it is anti-gay</a>.</p><p>The contract now includes a clause prohibiting employees from publicly supporting causes that run counter to Catholic teachings.</p>Mon, 12 May 2014 20:35:31 +0000Tana Weingartner26634 at http://wvxu.orgSix same-sex Cincinnati couples file suit to marryhttp://wvxu.org/post/six-same-sex-cincinnati-couples-file-suit-marry
<p>Six Cincinnati same-sex couples have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The Director of the Ohio Department of Health and the Director of the Hamilton County Probate Court .</p><p>The suit seeks to "secure for same-sex couples across Ohio <strong>the right to marry on an equal basis with opposite-sex couples."</strong></p><p>The Plaintiffs are Michelle Gibson and Deborah Meem; Heather Apple and Mary Koehler; Ronald Kastner Beck and Dave Beck; Andrew Hickman and Ethan Fletcher; Gary Goodman and Karl Rece, Jr.; and Rhonda Craig and Kendra Dukes.</p>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:12:22 +0000Ann Thompson26146 at http://wvxu.orgSix same-sex Cincinnati couples file suit to marry